Race report for the Rick Cashin Triathlon. 9/13
Pre Race
The morning came early because my 1 week old son decided to give an early wake up call. After getting him back to sleep I put on my coffee and ate at 4:30. The weather turned out to be nice and I looked forward to my last race of the season. Once at the race site I was able to get things in order. My brother Brendan and I went out for a warm up ride and right off the the bat he broke a spoke. Luckily one of our friends was volunteering and lived minutes down the street was able to get him a replacement wheel! THanks Pat.
After a good warm up I was slotted to go off in wave 2. There were some really great athletes there. Scott Ellis, whom I raced against back in May at the JCC was in hand. I know he can run and was curious to see if the short bike and short run would benefit him or me.
8:32= 400 yard Swim
The second wave starts the 400 yard swim. I decided
The morning came early because my 1 week old son decided to give an early wake up call. After getting him back to sleep I put on my coffee and ate at 4:30. The weather turned out to be nice and I looked forward to my last race of the season. Once at the race site I was able to get things in order. My brother Brendan and I went out for a warm up ride and right off the the bat he broke a spoke. Luckily one of our friends was volunteering and lived minutes down the street was able to get him a replacement wheel! THanks Pat.
After a good warm up I was slotted to go off in wave 2. There were some really great athletes there. Scott Ellis, whom I raced against back in May at the JCC was in hand. I know he can run and was curious to see if the short bike and short run would benefit him or me.
8:32= 400 yard Swim
The second wave starts the 400 yard swim. I decided
to go all out at first and see how long I could hold max swim pace. I got to the first buoy quickly but faded a bit loosing my sight for the next turn. I lost a few seconds here but still exited the water at 6:00. While in T1 , got off the wetsuit and my chip came with it. Took a few seconds to find. After sticking it in my shirt pocket I moved on.
10+ mile bike:
I was aiming at holding about 265 for my power. I knew it was a hilly course and was curious to see what toll it would take on me but I wanted to eat the 2 minute head start that the 1st wave had. I felt very fast and rolled through the 10+ miles in 27:00 (including T1) . As I was finishing the bike I saw Scott just ahead and we finished the bike together. I knew I got rid of the time gap but was curious as to how fast he was going to run.
1.5 mile trail run:
Out of T2 I was just ahead of Scott Ellis. I knew the run would be interesting and liked the fact that it was a trail run, something different. It was pretty hilly. A lot of ups and downs. Suprisingly my legs returned quickly from the bike. Because of the trail I was unable to really found a bounce or rythm. After hitting the turn around I saw Scott right there. While heading back I tried to speed it up on the downhills. Sure enough I saw my brother Brendan for the first time in the race. He looked strong. I find it ironic that the first race of the year he had a newborn and my last race, I have the newborn! Anyway I hit the finish line in 44:25 and took 1st overeall! I couldn't be more proud to have won at a race like this.
Overall the race was great! A fitting tribute to a man who served the Commonwealth with the highest level of integrity. I was told Capt. Cashin was a "go getter" someone who liked to live life to the fullest. I hope that the event in his honor was something he would have been proud of. I know the pride I felt when I finished. It was an honor for me to receive my medal from his children and can't wait to do it again next year.
10+ mile bike:
I was aiming at holding about 265 for my power. I knew it was a hilly course and was curious to see what toll it would take on me but I wanted to eat the 2 minute head start that the 1st wave had. I felt very fast and rolled through the 10+ miles in 27:00 (including T1) . As I was finishing the bike I saw Scott just ahead and we finished the bike together. I knew I got rid of the time gap but was curious as to how fast he was going to run.
1.5 mile trail run:
Out of T2 I was just ahead of Scott Ellis. I knew the run would be interesting and liked the fact that it was a trail run, something different. It was pretty hilly. A lot of ups and downs. Suprisingly my legs returned quickly from the bike. Because of the trail I was unable to really found a bounce or rythm. After hitting the turn around I saw Scott right there. While heading back I tried to speed it up on the downhills. Sure enough I saw my brother Brendan for the first time in the race. He looked strong. I find it ironic that the first race of the year he had a newborn and my last race, I have the newborn! Anyway I hit the finish line in 44:25 and took 1st overeall! I couldn't be more proud to have won at a race like this.
Overall the race was great! A fitting tribute to a man who served the Commonwealth with the highest level of integrity. I was told Capt. Cashin was a "go getter" someone who liked to live life to the fullest. I hope that the event in his honor was something he would have been proud of. I know the pride I felt when I finished. It was an honor for me to receive my medal from his children and can't wait to do it again next year.
